![rw-book-cover](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZX4i!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f72634c-da3f-4f3f-a650-903df5998aaf_1024x1536.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Philip Su]] - Full Title:: AI Killed the Individual Contributor - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://molochinations.substack.com/p/ai-killed-the-individual-contributor?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true - Read date:: [[2026-01-18]] ## Highlights > Now the assembly line of PRs whizzes past so quickly I need to constantly have ideas on what’s best to do next. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kf83aws67wf51gg8bx9dky78)) > Because the labor is (nearly) free, I can now spawn two different architectural approaches at once and decide amongst them either by running them or by inspecting the resultant code. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kf83beezx0pfd1ky991pvvjx))